216 SUMATRAN AND JAVANESE CATS. 



back is marked with four dark brown lines, consisting 

 of oblong confluent spots, which commence at the fore- 

 head, between the eyes, and pass along the back to 

 the root of the tail. The throat is marked with several 

 transverse bands. The spots on the sides of the body 

 are angular and scattered, without almost any regu- 

 larity, and are intensely brown, inclining to black. 

 As the various longitudinal series of spots approach 

 the lower part of the back and thighs, they increase 

 in number, so as almost to cover those parts with ir- 

 regular oblong spots. Towards the feet the colour 

 is more uniformly rufous, and the marks are more mi- 

 nute. On the upper part of the base of the tail, nar- 

 row transverse lines are crowded together ; they are 

 paler and more distinct in the middle, and the tip 

 is uniformly brown. 



Temminck gives the entire length of this animal 

 as 2 feet, of which the tail measures about 8 inches. 

 The height is between 8 and 9 inches. This is con- 

 siderably less than the dimensions given by Dr Hors- 

 field of the young or F. Javanensis, or of the size of 

 the specimen from which we took the drawing of 

 the latter, which we shall now describe 



The specimen from which we took our figure of 

 Plate XIX. forms part of the collection in the Royal 

 Edinburgh Museum. The total length of the body 

 is 21 inches; the height, at the shoulders, 10^ 

 inches *. The ground-colour of the upper parts is 



* Dr Horsfield thus gives the dimensions of his F. Java- 

 nensis, length of the body 1 foot 11 inches; of the tail 8$ 

 inches ; height at the shoulder, 7 inches. 



